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Echocardiography - (ECHC-601) (MIT): Course Content

An echocardiogram uses sound waves to create pictures of the heart. This common test can show blood flow through the heart and heart valves. Your healthcare professional can use the pictures from the test to find heart disease and other heart conditions.

Course Outline

BASIC PRINCIPLES OF 2D / M MODE ECHO
 Echo equipment
 Basic, Advance
 Principles of Doppler echo
 CW / PW
 Color Doppler
 Fundamentals of cardiac anatomy in relevance to echo
 Performance of echo
 Echo windows
 Operational modes
 Pediatric echo
 Basic principles  Segmental sequential analysis
 Physiological aspects of echo
 Ventricular function
 Diastolic function
 Flows /pressures / shunts
 TOE (trans-esophageal echo)
 Preoperative echo
 Fetal echo
 3D / 4D echo
 Normal views and values
VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION
 LV systolic dysfunction
 LV diastolic function
 RV dysfunction
CARDIOMYOPATHIES
 Dilated cardiomyopathies
 Restrictive cardiomyopathies
 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathies
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
 Indication for echo in CAD
 Myocardial ischemia
 Myocardial infraction  Left ventricular dysfunction
 Right ventricular dysfunction
 Acute mitral regurgitation
 Acute ventricular septal defect
 Left ventricular aneurysm
 Coronary artery anomalies
STRESS ECHO
 Systemic hypertension
 Pulmonary hypertension
AORTIC DISEASES
Congenital heart diseases
 Ventricular septal defect
 Atrial septal defect
 Patent ductus arteriosus
 Tetralogy of fallot
 Eisenmenger reaction
VALVULAR DISEASES
 Mitral valve
 Tricuspid valve
 Aortic valve
 Pulmonary valve
PERICARDIAL DISEASES  Pericardial effusion
 Cardiac temponade
 Constrictive pericarditis
 Endocardial diseases
 Intracardiac mass
SYSTEMIC DISEASES
CLINICAL:
 Understanding of echo equipment
 Operationalization of echo / Doppler machine
 Training in performance of a standard echo in adults and children
 LL function assessment
 Observation of advanced echo
TOE
Fetal
Per operative 3D / 4D
 Interpretation ofechocardiogram

Course Objectives

Course Learning Objectives:
 Explain the basic physical principles of ultrasound and instrumentation. (C2)
 correlate cardiac gross pathology with echocardiography images. (C2)
 To analyze and interpret echocardiographic-derived hemodynamic data. (C4)
 evaluate cardiac chamber size, left ventricular systolic and diastolic function, and right ventricular systolic function. (C3)
 To interpret transesophageal images and distinguish attributes and limitations versus transthoracic echocardiography. (C5)
 To appreciate the role of echocardiography in diagnosing and managing cardiac conditions.(A3)
 To operate ultrasound equipment effectively and perform echocardiography on adults and children. (P3)
 To perform and analyze stress echocardiography and advanced echo techniques such as TOE and 3D/4D imaging. (P3)

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